Morocco : the traveller's companion

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Morocco : the traveller's companion

Margaret Bidwell and Robin Bidwell

I.B. Tauris, 1992

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Bibliography: p. [289]-309

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Description

This work looks at Morocco through the eyes of past travellers to the country. In its pages, the reader will find portraits of past Sultans, of notables and townsmen, of women of the harem and of Morocco's proud tribal peoples. There are sketches of sumptuous entertainment, of religious festivals, of saints and their shrines, of dervishes and snake charmers. There is an account of an encounter between European sailors and the infamous pirates of the Barbary coast, and there are descriptions of childhood, marriage and the practice of medicine in old Morocco. Favourite Moroccan folk-tales and recipes have also been included and the book offers today's traveller a unique glimpse of this rich and flourishing country. Among the diverse writings collected together in this book are pieces by Pepys, Defoe, Twain, Orwell and Wharton, famous Muslim travellers like Leo Africanus, plus a fascinating array of merchants, sailors, consuls and scholars.

Table of Contents

  • Morocco in literature
  • Westerners in Morocco
  • the people of Morocco
  • sultans
  • the government
  • the imperial cities
  • a selection of towns
  • villages and the countryside
  • travelling
  • agriculture and animals
  • working lives
  • education and rites of passage
  • doctoring
  • religion
  • music, dancing, storytelling, sport
  • food and entertaining
  • superstitions and spells.

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  • NCID
    BA27025527
  • ISBN
    • 1850435561
  • LCCN
    93134140
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, 309 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
  • Classification
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